Sayings about Prayer
 Good message from Ben Stein Sometimes we all need a reality check! Worth a read... If they know of him at all, many folks think Ben Stein is just a quirky actor/comedian who talks in a monotone. He's also a very intelligent attorney who knows how to put ideas and words together in such a way as to sway juries and make people think clearly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary. Herewith a few confessions from my beating heart: I have no freaking clue who Nick and Jessica are. I see them on the cover of People and Us constantly when I am buying my dog biscuits and kitty litter. I often ask the checkers at the grocery stores. They never know who Nick and Jessica are either. Who are they? Will it change my life if I know who they are and why they have broken up? Why are they so important? I don't know who Lindsay Lohan is either, and I do not care at all about Tom Cruise's wife. |
Yes, it is true. Bob Marley died a Catholic. Mr. Dallas Carter of the Hawaiian royal family personally and directly asked Marley's Bishop about this in 2003. The very same Bishop who heard Marley's deathbed confession.
The world economics show the differences among peoples. Basically they have to do with their different walks-of-life and styles. See the funny list of differences, according to their origin.
Do work well for God
Doing A Good Job Pays Off
Once upon a time a man sent for a carpenter. A sturdy young fellow appeared. "I want this fence mended," said the man, "but I don't want to spend much money on it. Here are some unplaned boards, use them. You need not take much time to do a fancy job. I will give you only three dollars for your work. I will come back tomorrow and pay you."
The next day the man came to inspect the fence. He found the boards carefully planed and neatly nailed in place. The fence, which had badly sagged, was neatly straightened up. The man was surprised and much pleased at the excellent job, but feared that the cost would be greater than he had ordered. So he called in the workman. "I'm afraid you've gone to much more expense on this job than I wanted," said the man, a bit irritated. "I really did not care how it looked."
"But I DID," replied the workman. "You see, it was MY work, not yours, that mended the fence and I wanted to do the work right."
"But I did not want to go to much expense," said the man. "I admit it looks nice; but now tell me, how much do I owe you?"
"Three dollars," said the workman.
The owner of the fence stared at the workman, "How could you do all that work for so little money?" he asked.
"Because it was my job and it had to be right!"
"Nobody would have seen the fence after I got the vines on it," said the man. "But I would know that I did a poor job," replied the workman, "and every time I would look at it, I would have to say to myself, 'Joe, you're a fake; you could havedone a good job and be square with yourself.' No, my friend, I cannot do a poor job, and live with myself."
Some years later, the man had a contract to let for the construction of several large public buildings. There were many applicants among the master builders, but the face of one of them caught his eye. "It was my man of the fence," he said. "I knew we would have only genuine work with him, so I gave him the contract and it made him a rich man."
Bees distinguish real flowers from artificial ones
There is a legend that the Queen of Sheba once sent two wreathes of roses to Solomon. One was genuine and the other was artificial. According to the legend, she defied Solomon to detect which was artificial and which was genuine.
Solomon opened the window and let in a swarm of bees, which at once settled on the real roses.
Likewise, God knows the difference between sincere and insincere worship.
COURAGE OF BEING COHERENT IN PUBLIC LIFE Hilaire Belloc, the well-known historian –author of “How The Reformation Happened”- and inseparable friend of Maurice Baring and G.K. Chesterton stood for the Liberals at South Salford in a General Election. Belloc’s Conservative opponents adopted the campaign slogan “Don’t vote for a Frenchman and a Catholic”. Belloc responded in the first public meeting: “Gentlemen, I am a Catholic....
It is a story about liturgy, sacrament, and repairing the world with justice and redemption. “The Shell Story” is ancient yet ever new, universal yet singular to all human beings.
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) New Zealand physicist One student in Rutherford's lab was very hard-working. Rutherford had noticed it and asked one evening...
Absent-mindedness and looking harder
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After the divorce, her teenage daughter became increasingly rebellious. It culminated late one night when the police called to tell her that she had to come to the police station to pick up her daughter, who was arrested for drunk driving...
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